Chiefs open to trading Flowers
 

Dan Pompei of Bleacher Report reports the Chiefs "are believed to be willing to deal" CB Brandon Flowers.

Flowers struggled mightily in DC Bob Sutton's press-man scheme last season, grading out as a bottom-15 cover corner at Pro Football Focus. He allowed a 66.7 percent completion rate, 846 yards, and four touchdowns in his coverage, while QBs had a 103.9 rating throwing at him. Flowers has three years left on a six-year, $49.35 million deal and may be difficult to move. At 5-foot-9 and 187 pounds, he's best suited to fill the slot role. He somehow made the Pro Bowl last season.

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I'm pretty sure any team will trade nearly any player if the deal is right.

And Berry too

Sounds to me like the Chiefs just waited a year to begin the rebuild.

Hunt tells Dorsey to get Smith, get folks back to the stadium, and then begin again.

Sell low.

Nobody wants that turd. ESP when he pussed out vs Indy with that supposed "concussion"

This! It would be nice to dump his contract though.

And yet, when he went out of the playoff game, our defense went to shit...

I'd be willing to deal Succop.
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That's EXACTLY what happened. Makes NO SENSE to give up 2 #2's for Smith in the process. If Flowers does not get injured against the Colts, KC wins that game regardless of all the other weird stuff that happened.

The deal is though, any team will trade any player this time of year if the deal is too good to pass up.

Bleacherreport is a joke

Which is lower? Poop thread or Bleacher Report thread.

Move the DAMN Draft back to April.

Bleacher report is nonsense, but Flowers seems ill-suited to Sutton's defense.

Takes two to deal though...

Yup.

Wait, the Chiefs are rebuilding again?

FYP

FYP

notice the only person agreeing with you is halfwit?

I'd be okay with trading Flowers. He's going to be a cap casualty next year regardless of how you feel about him as a player.

I'm probably smoking crack here, but I'd love to get a 3rd out of him.

I'd say a 4th is more realistic.

I'd be ok with it. You can let Parker and Owens fight it out in TC for the NB spot.

Yeah, Jamaal Charles too. I can't believe they didn't just play through it.

Moron.

Dumb as ****.

Trade him. He is soon to be passed his prime. Once he loses the little speed he already possesses, it will go down hill quickly for him. Not to mention the NFL trending toward massive WRs.

Dorsey already traded Arenas for our awesome FB. I imagine he'll trade Flowers for our new RG.

Seriously, as rare as player-for-player trades are in the NFL, Dorsey made TWO of them last offseason. That's just plain weird.

They've both been kind of successful, so if a deal is reached for Flowers, I'm very curious in what he's going to ask for. It might be another player exchange.

Hell a 4th would even be awesome. This is the draft to do this. There's gonna be some 3rd rd caliber players, maybe even a 2nd, sitting there in rd 4.

That trade could get us Christian jones or telvin smith

This kind of knock on the guy makes it difficult to trade him:

Flowers struggled mightily in DC Bob Sutton's press-man scheme last season, grading out as a bottom-15 cover corner at Pro Football Focus. He allowed a 66.7 percent completion rate, 846 yards, and four touchdowns in his coverage, while QBs had a 103.9 rating throwing at him. Flowers has three years left on a six-year, $49.35 million deal and may be difficult to move. At 5-foot-9 and 187 pounds, he's best suited to fill the slot role. He somehow made the Pro Bowl last season.

Call up the Bucs and see if you can get a 3rd for him. Lovie Smith loves him some Zone CBs.

Team from owner says they will build the team through the draft.

What the team does is trades players they drafted or draft picks for other teams players.

yep, as soon as the Chiefs bailed on free agency this year it seemed like it was a rebuild. Hunt wanted to appease the masses, now we are rebuilding. That philosophy could also lead the chiefs to draft a QB this year and just let Alex Smith play out his contract.

Everyone talks about this rebuilding. Rebuilding from what exactly?

If that's the case, time to deal Smith too and draft a QB.

Difficult to rebuild with 6 draft picks and no second. They're apparently content continuing to build on the pieces collected last year. Hence the lack of major free agency moves. They have to be expecting contributions from players already on the roster.

He may need scotch for the liquor cabinet

rebuilding to get their players for their system

Last year was exactly what they wanted ... stop the bleeding and get a PR boost. Now they begin their 5-year plan in earnest.

Doesn't the term rebuilding indicate you once already had something built?

Hair-splitting

5 year plan?

God damn it.

Rebuilding is a ****ing myth.

Step one: Get a QB.
Step two: You're ****ing done.

His stock is low right now. Add in his salary and you'd be lucky to get more than a 5th out of him.

Rebuilding isn't entirely a myth, but it's unnecessary unless you reerunedly put yourself into a huge hole like Al Davis did in his final years.

The Chiefs are nowhere near that stage.

You are a joke

Not surprised, he sucked last year.

If someone will give a 4th pull the trigger.

I'd rather trade Sutton.

1000% for trading Sutton! Problem is that NOBODY would take him.

I wrote a post about this probably two years ago already about Flowers and this trend. Someone tweeted out earlier when this news came out that Flowers would be great in Tampa to help cover Julio Jones ROFL

Because he did so great when he went up against Dez, Megatron, insert Donkies player.

God Damnit.


Another wasted talent at his peak by Pioli.

Man if we can get a 2nd rounder out of him and draft a replacement.... This would be amazing.

Jizz worthy.


Don't hold your breath.

Yeah I'm 99% sure we aren't doing anything with him. He'll probably just be a cap casualty next year.

I can dig that, yes, solid idea.

Flowers has been nothing but steady on and off the field for us, it hasn't gone unnoticed, but I would be ok with a trade no lower than 4, regardless of his value in the playoff game... the backfield needs to get bigger and faster.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap200...randon-flowers

but what would we get?

With his price tag? A 6th at best.

A 6 sounds about right.

:eek: prob not worth it then :harumph:

Agreed.

Yes, in 1969-70.

If Kyle Fuller is there, Chiefs take him with first pick. No way Dorsey watched that Indy game and stands pat with our shitty secondary.

FTD Florist! Don't be afraid to send them Flowers.

He's been a good Chief but he's at the point that trading him is an option if he won't take a pay cut.

When Flowers is healthy, the guy is a top ten corner in the nfl.

The problem last year was he wasn't healthy all year and our safeties were terrible.

Dunta and Kendrick are gone.

Flowers was a stud in that game until the concussion.

His and Bowe's contracts are a complete trainwreck. Both are below average starters at this point and are probably on the downside..

If they can move him, they should.
He's not a good fit for this defense.

I think he's a fine fit when healthy.

This.

It's more about his contract and staying healthy.

I'd love to replace him with Verrett in the 2nd.


I'm just not sure that's possible or the correct decision (given the compensation to move up).

I loved how physical he got with welker . Used the 5 yards perfectly by stopping contact in time to avoid penalty.

Another one bites the dust. The 2008 draft class will go for absolutely nothing.

All those moments, lost in time...like tears...in the rain.

Flowers has been nagged by injuries since he entered the league.
He's just not a press corner. He's better suited for zone coverage.
That's not an indictment of the guy. He can still play, he's just not playing in a scheme that maximizes his strengths.
We were playing Tampa 2 when he was drafted, no?

Turds of a feather...

Yeah that was EPIC!!! He was manhandling him, I lived watching that take place!!

I agree. You don't pay a corner top dollar when his only value on the field is playing the slot, even then he was burnt toast all season and his contract is absolutely absurd. If they could get a 4th or 5th for him they should do it without hesitation.

Athan:

Warpaint Illustrated‏@ChiefsInsider·3 mins
Heard rumblings #Chiefs have received an offer for CB Brandon Flowers. KC wants a #2 in any deal best offer on the table is a #3. No Bueno!

hahaha like that reeruned yard gnome has any info

idk jamaal is pretty cool

Athan's full of shit, obviously.

But let's just say hypothetically that was the case. The Chiefs would be stupid to turn down a 3rd round pick for Flowers. There's no chance in hell anybody spends a 2nd on him, and Flowers is as good as gone next year. They should take the best offer on the table within reason, and if that's a 3rd round pick, so much the better.

I'd take a 3rd for him in a heartbeat.